Every year, the famous jewel-toned glass that illuminates the interior of the Gothic cathedral of Nôtre Dame de Chartres attracts millions of visitors to France. However, just as this kind of ...

The architect responsible for the restoration work in progress at France’s Chartres Cathedral has responded to criticism that the historic church has been repainted. “The belief that a heavy-duty ...

. . . Could she ever die? I could never believe it. She awaits unborn generations worthy of understanding her.—Auguste Rodin. The most celebrated Gothic monument in Christendom had survived four years ...

Whatever Chartres may be now,” wrote Henry Adams, “when young it was a smile…. To us it is a child’s fancy, a toy-house to please the Queen of Heaven—to please her so much she would be happy in it—to ...

Cityscape of Chartres with the Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral in the background. There is a body of water in the foreground, a bridge at the right and buildings in the center.

In La Cathèdrale, French novelist and art critic Joris-Karl Huysmans describes the experience of sitting in Chartres Cathedral just before dawn: this forest of the church…became absolutely ...